BJP to lose all 80 seats in 2024 LS polls: Akhilesh Yadav

Lucknow: BJP will lose all 80 parliamentary seats of Uttar Pradesh in the 2024 General Elections, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav claimed on Sunday, reports PTI.

"BJP is baar ho sakta hai saari 80 seats haar jaaye (BJP might taste defeat in all 80 seats)," Yadav said

The former UP chief minister said, "The party that claimed to rule for decades -- its leader said that it would be there for (the next) 50 years -- is now counting its days. Its national president should visit two medical colleges in the state, and he will understand how many seats they are going to win."

Yadav demanded BJP, which is holding its state executive meeting in Lucknow, pass a resolution to provide ₹ 1 crore and a government job to families of custodial death victims.

He said, "The BJP practises discrimination. Will it pass a resolution to provide ₹ 1 crore financial help and a government job to the family of Balwant Singh? It should pass a resolution to provide ₹ 1 crore financial assistance and a government job in custodial death cases to the families concerned."

On the intervening night of December 12 and 13, a businessman named Balwant Singh, aged 27 succumbed to custodial torture in Kanpur. His post-mortem report showed 24 injuries, including some on the face, chest, thighs, hands, legs and soles.

Akhilesh Yadav further slammed the BJP government in UP over investments in the state.

Yadav said, "They were claiming to bring in investments from London and New York. Now, they are bringing investment from the districts. Who are they fooling? "They are visiting (other) states, which are already running their own (investment) programmes, for investments. They are just fooling people."